Coloniatecne

Coloniatecne by Charles Lee

The project was an interactive pavilion that engaged the public through sight and movement. The person experiencing the project interacted through a “net” of sensors that interpret movement and proximity and re-interpreted that information as a display of multi-colored light. ColoniaTecne reacted to its environment and created a new environment through interpretation, thereby changing the paradigm of a typical structure from environmental control to environmental responsiveness. This project took systemic cues from the cooperative nature of coral reefs. In coral reefs many individuals work in unison (coral polyps) to create the overall reef. Each individual responds to environmental factors that affect the final reef structure. Environmental factors include Water Current, Energy flows etc. See a video of the project here.